This week on UN Dispatch, DC-based journalist Jaclyn Schiff highlights Sabin Vaccine President Dr. Peter Hotez’ relocation to Houston, Texas to join the Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine.

Reposted from UN Dispatch, the United Nations’ News and Commentary Forum
By: Jaclyn Schiff

Where should editors station reporters that would best position them to uncover the next great global health story?

Should the focus be on Geneva, where the World Health Organization is headquartered? Or maybe Seattle, home of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation — which seems to have something new related to international health going on almost every day?  Perhaps the next huge story is in Pakistan, where the CIA’s effort to hunt Osama Bin Laden might have significantly damaged global polio eradication efforts?

Nope. Those places are major global health hubs for sure. But the emerging story is further south. In Houston, Texas to be precise.

Houston is well-known for the Texas Medical Center (TMC), which is comprised of 49 institutions and describes itself as the largest medical center in the world. The Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative is highly regarded for its leading role in the global fight against HIV/AIDS. Beyond HIV/AIDS however, Houston hasn’t really featured prominently on the global health community’s radar.

That is about to change.

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